Remove old finishes fast!

[Euphonious Thumpe]

And who, pray tell, has put the Chinese into such a 
position that they may run rampant with industrial
development, devoid of environmental and labor
protections?
Thumpe


--- erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:

> 
> 
> ???? Come on Dave
> ? No offense but I think he said e-mail him
> privately.? 
> ? Besides if we are to vent let's remember that
> Americans are not the worst polluters in the world &
> also let's remember that we have done much &
> probably more than other developing nations on the
> planet to curb green house gas. Let's vent at the
> Chinese whos' coal burning plants now pollute or own
> air here on the west coast.? Think ?they care?
> sure.....
> ??Or go to Cabo and see if the gov. there have done
> anything to assist auto emissions on new cars. Stand
> on the street corner & you'll know.
> ? It isn't all us.
> ? ?I hardly think Alan is a major polluter. Yes it
> was cynical. Arent' we all just a bit?
> ?? Dale
> 
> 
> 
> It is interesting to see someone showing the
> world/earth what an ass he is...
> 
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
> 
> ----- Original message
> ----------------------------------------
> From: "Alan Barnard" <pianotuner at embarqmail.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 4/29/2008 7:59:16 PM
> Subject: Remove old finishes fast!
> 
> 
> >Knew the subject line would lure you in ...
> 
> >Here's how Jesse French and I celebrated Earth Day:
> removing the old finish, 
> >reducing the piano's weight by half, tweaking
> certain noses, and putting badly 
> >needed carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
> 
> >The most fun moment was pushing it over: Wham!
> 
> >Interesting observations: Many of the plain wire
> strings snapped right at the 
> >speaking-side bridge pin as they got hot -- all
> that broke, broke at that same 
> place 
> >(more tension in speaking segment?). Somewhere late
> in the game, as the 
> pinblock 
> >area was burning (took a loooong time), the plate
> broke. I was not too far away 
> and 
> >it was scary loud: Bang! I am reminded of the
> customer who's Kawai grand burned 
> 
> >completely in a house fire; he asked me did I want
> to salvage any of the parts, 
> 
> >perhaps the strings? Uh, no thanks. I did salvage
> some action pieces (stickers 
> and 
> >whippens) and all the hardware, especially screws,
> I could reasonably get to. 
> They 
> >don't now make hardware with a tenth of the quality
> of this 90-year-old stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Alan Barnard
> >Salem, MO
> 
> 
> >P.S. If anyone is bothered by my sooty footprints,
> email me privately and I'll 
> tell you 
> >a little secret.
> 
> 


Euphonious Thumpe


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